At its height in the late seventies, public derision of the punk scene and it’s first in command, such as the above example, was commonplace amongst the self appointed moral gatekeepers of Great Britain. Punk had been slowly gestating behind closed doors, in backrooms and tiny venues across the U.K. since the early 70’s, but it finally came to public attention in 1976 when an ill-timed (but completely intentional) f-word on teatime magazine show ‘Today’ with Bill Grundy resulted in a venomous media backlash. Punk had officially entered the public consciousness, and the media revelled in the opportunity to vilify, scapegoat and condemn the band that had bought it to their attention. Given the notoriety they enjoyed as a result of this, and their legendary status in rock history, it’s unsurprising that the Sex Pistols sole studio album, ‘Never Mind The Bollocks: Here’s The Sex Pistols, is considered to be the era’s seminal work. It offers a perfect snapshot of 1977, or the ‘year dot’ as it was christened at the time.